some of the thousands evacuated when the fire broke out are being allowed home to see what's left. the fire has burned close to 100 square miles. the area you see there in red. kpix 5's anne makovec is live in middletown this morning with the latest. anne. >> reporter: some people are going to be allowed back to their properties today only, you know, to find scenes like this pure devestation. the sheriff's office will be escorting people back if they have to care for or pick up livestock or pets. that's the only way you're allowed back in and only for 15 minutes. several people still unaccounted for this morning including this man, who last spoke to his family saturday as the fire raged in his home. he said he didn't feel threatened. his burned-out car was found last night on a road he might have tried to use as an escape

route. he is also a former police reporter for the san jose "mercury news." this fire has burned about 67,000 acres. at this point, 9,000 homes threatened this morning. almost 600 burned, hundreds of others damaged. some evacuees were able to return yesterday. >> the whole house went around the chimney. it was the center of the house. >> once we get it out, it will be a clean slate, blank canvas, we'll start over. >> reporter: hundreds of people have been making their temporary homes at the napa county fairgrounds. they are getting help from volunteers. they don't know how long they will be there in tents or what's going to happen next. live in middletown, anne makevoc, kpix 5. it's not just the homes that have been destroyed in flames. this is what's left of one of

the schools in middletown. the flames raced through a classroom there. three dozen teachers hundreds of students losing everything in that fire. all public schools in lake county are closed again today. no word yet when they might re- open. thousands of people affected by the fire need everything they can get. the red cross says it needs cash donations. go to redcross.org and designate your gift to the victims of the "valley fire." of course with that fire, the weather has been looked at closely. >> yeah. so we certainly have good news. we do have cooler temperatures, higher relative humidity. the only problem is, the winds. but we have some rain. and then we need the rain for firefighting efforts, but people are camping out in tents and we are expecting up to .75" of rain. gusty winds up to 40 miles per hour. high relative humidity, cooler temperatures, as well. this is our hi-def doppler radar. no rain as of yet but right

now, we are seeing increasing cloud cover and temperatures 47 degrees in santa rosa. that's the coolest temperatures so far this season. we are in the 50s and 60s for the most part across the bay area. later today we are talking about numbers stacking up in the 70s and 60s but again, the big news, rain entering the north bay. we'll track it together and show you how much to expect coming up at 18 minutes after the hour. a few more cars on the roads. we have accidents, northbound 101 at brokaw, chp on the scene of a two-car crash. they have shut down the off- ramp to clear it out of lanes. looks like it's not affecting the main lines of 101. most of the south bay not too bad. your early-morning commute through 101 san jose 280 guadalupe parkway looking good there. elsewhere, westbound 580 just past 205 and closer to grant line, we have an accident blocking lanes. a line of red so slow as you work your way through there. slower out of the altamont pass

over to 680. 17 minutes on that westbound 580 ride to the dublin interchange. you might skip the roads this morning if you want to avoid any traffic heading into san francisco. howard street is closed between 3rd and 4th. use bart. ferries, caltrain and ace on time. san jose is moving forward with a minimum wage study. an independent firm will examine the impacts of a minimum wage of $15 an hour and another higher amount to be determined by city staff. the outcome of the study may lead to a regional minimum wage in santa clara county. san jose's current minimum wage is $10.15. santa clara county may soon change its policy on undocumented immigrants. supervisors are expressing support for a plan to notified federal immigration authorities when inmates flagged for possible deportation are about to be released. it's in response to a deadly shooting in san francisco this summer. the suspect in that case an illegal immigrant with a record

of drug crimes and five deportations. republican presidential hopefuls are gathering in southern california today not second debate. 2016 campaign. kpix 5's kiet do joins us now to focus on the two candidates expected to make a big splash. kiet. reporter: good morning. donald trump has been leading in the polls for months. in fact, he has expanded his lead despite a couple of programs that and making comments that would have sunk other candidates. trump was in southern california yesterday talking to veterans wearing his now familiar red hat. he didn't offer specifics about the va hospitals saying if veterans aren't getting the care he needs they would go to private doctors and hospitals. that crowd of 500 people cheered. >> we have illegal immigrants that are treated better by far than our veterans. it's not going to happen anymore. >> reporter: carly fiorina has been gaining in the polls playing off a recent attack by trump who said, look at that

face! would anybody vote for that? fiorina shot back and released a web ad this week. >> i'm a 61-year-old woman and i'm proud of every year and every wrinkle. >> reporter: expect the rest of the debate to be one of washington insiders versus outsiders. the outsiders will be framing their lack of government experience as an asset. the second republican debate is tonight at simi valley at 5 p.m. pacific time on cnn. live in san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. more layoffs at the palo alto-based hewlett-packard. the company announced yesterday it plans to lay off up to 33,000 move its employees, more than 10% of tech giant's worldwide workforce. it's not clear how many of those job cuts will be in the silicon valley. some analysts say the move may be a step towards selling off part of the giant.

some of the nation's biggest fast food chains are serving meat that are given antibiotics. now a group is trying to change by rating the nation's top fast food chains. only five received a passing grade including mcdonald's, chipotle and chik-fil-a. more than a dozen received failing grades including kfc, subway and taco bell. >> contributed to the antibiotics resistance infections in human. >> now california lawmakers are considering a measure that would make the golden state the first in the nation to ban farmers from using over-the- counter antibiotics in livestock and poultry. 5:07 on this wednesday. up next scary moments when a humpback whale nearly crushing kayakers. they describe the close call. >> in the next half-hour an

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time check, 5:10 on this wednesday. good morning, san jose. we are looking towards mineta international airport and levi's stadium, there today increasing cloud cover. you will have about .03" late day. we'll talk about rain when it moves into the north bay coming up in four minutes. breaking news this morning. san jose firefighters are fighting a fire that is burning through at least one structure. it's on story road near meadow lane. it broke out about 20 minutes ago. it's grown to two alarms. power lines are down in the area and we are told no one is injured. we have a reporter on the way to the scene and we'll have a live report coming up later in the newscast. the "rough fire" is now the largest fire in fresno county history. it's grown to 138,000 acres since it started july 31. but evacuation orders are now lifted for some residents

affected. people in dunlap, miramonte and pinehurst are returning home. the fire is 49% contained. this bird's-eye view gives you an idea of how long it will take middletown to rebuild from the "valley fire." you can see what used to be an apartment building, now rubble. you can see homes covered in the red flame retardant below. another building alongside it completely burned to the ground. so some homes have been saved. christin ayers has the amazing story this morning of a man and his pregnant wife who made a narrow escape out of that blaze. >> reporter: when the "valley fire" ripped through middletown saturday night cody smith and his family came close to the flames trapped on their property surrounded by a wall of flames. >> 30-foot flames coming across in front of us across the arena. >> reporter: cody a pg&e worker was on the clock when his wife, who is nine months pregnant, called in a panic. >> my wife called me screaming, said, the fire is here, the

fire is here! >> reporter: he rushed home. power lines falling behind him and it was too late to evacuate. the only safe haven the horse arena. >> we went there and sat there. >> reporter: it was from his truck inside the arena that he took these pictures. he said the flames made the windows hot to the touch and the sound of the fire was like nothing he had ever heard. >> it was really loud, rumbling. at one upon the my sister asked, what's that noise? -- at one point, my sister asked, what's that noise? it was from the flames and wind roaring. >> reporter: for two hours they hunkered down with the flames blowing over the tops of the cars until their worst nightmare came true and the house cody built with his own hands eight years ago burned to the ground in 15 minutes flat. >> devastating. i turned the car around so my wife couldn't see it. >> reporter: tonight this is all that's left of the. >> this is everything, 3700- square-foot house. >> reporter: they had no time

to remove anything from the house, no photographs, no important papers. he said all that matters is they survived and his wife's due date is in a week. >> going to have a baby and move on from there. >> reporter: altogether the smiths were stuck in the middle of the fire for 4 hours straight until cody reached some pg&e workers on the radio. those workers led them out safely. amazingly, despite all of the damage that was done to their house, none of them was hurt nor the animals, horses and goats who were milling around in the arena throughout the fire. reporting in middletown, christin ayers, kpix 5. >> wish them well. a kayak company is is putting its whale watching tours on hold after a frightening incident in monterey bay. [ screaming ] >> that's frightening. a humpback whale nearly crushed a couple in a kayak on saturday. that video was shot by a passenger on a separate whale watching tour.

the couple's kayak overturned but other people brought them to safety. >> everybody was in good spirits. they handled it as well as anybody could have. they stayed calm. >> although it wasn't a direct hit, the whale's 15-foot-long fin smacked the couple, who were visiting from the uk. >> welcome to america! >> it looks like they took a direct hit. >> it must have hit in the middle and they flaked off to both sides but that's 50,000 pounds of whale. >> gianna on the roads? >> safe on dry ground right now. check the roads right now, we have a couple of accidents out there. first of all, northbound 101 right at brook hall road a ramp shut down for a two-car crash, main lines of the road not affected. can't use brokaw until they clear that accident. 280 okay this morning. westbound 580 look out for an accident there was reported

near 20 5. another near grant line. backed up anyway for the morning commute from 205 and tracy mountain house, that area stays slow. the top of the altamont pass better past there to 680 only 17 minutes toward the dublin interchange. san francisco roads no delays along 80 or 101, central freeway looking good. howard closed between 3rd and 4th. that will be in effect until -- through the week for "dreamforce." so lots of busy conditions around there. mission, harrison, you're going to see delays. use bart as an alternate heading into san francisco later on today. that's been your best bet to avoid some delays. parking has been tough around the area, as well. golden gate ferries, caltrain, ace, doing okay this morning. eastshore freeway community carquinez bridge to the maze right around 19 minutes right now. so that looks good. also, your marin county commute, 101 looks clear no

delays out of san rafael into the southbound 101580 to the golden gate bridge toll plaza an easy 14 minutes nice shot of the bridge and 880 the nimitz freeway so far, so good this morning. that's a look at your roads. here's roberta. time check 5:17. let's check in with our weather watcher. we are off to a cool start this morning especially in the north bay. dave in napa, 50 degrees. thank you for checking in with us. some of the most mild temperatures right now antioch and brentwood according to jerry and paul smith's neighborhoods, as well. in san rafael linda reporting 56 degrees. i have some pretty pictures that have been sent in. becky sent this in last night at sunset. i was out for a run and i saw it, as well. this photograph was sent to me directly from susan thompson from brentwood. gorgeous sunset there, as well. not going to see much of the sunset tonight due to the increasing cloud cover. right now we have clear skies

out over the bay waters. temperatures 50s and 60s. but santa rosa now 48 degrees. okay. carry the umbrella to be on the safe side today. the north bay will be targeted with .75", generally less than a tenth across the bay area. an upper-level trough is combining with a cold front so we have cooler air on tap, great news for factfinding efforts. this front on the way, it looks like for the most part it should be arriving in the targeted area of the north bay by lunch hour. now, let's go ahead and call on our futurecast and you can see that much-needed precipitation again anywhere from about a tenth to about .75" north of the golden gate bridge. higher relative humidity great for the firefighting, as well. cold front dissipating across the central bay so only .10" of

rain for most neighborhoods south of the golden gate bridge. we are stacking up the totals like this through your wednesday. 70s throughout the central valley today and our numbers 10 to 13 degrees below average east of the bay. 60s and 70s for the most part today and notice that we do have a warmup. we're talking about nearly 100 degrees, not good news for the firefighters on sunday. frank? >> all right, roberta, thanks. a cliffhanger in southern california. this home is in danger of collapsing after a powerful rainstorm yesterday. the stormwater took out a retaining wall as well as two sewer pipes send 250,000 gallons of sludge towards the l.a. river. 5:19. a new home for the nba fans. this morning a sneak peek of what things could look like inside the new warriors arena. i'm dennis o'donnell. coming up, i'm calling it. it was a must-win game for the

giants last night. they played comeback ball in the 9th inning but was it enough? the finish straight ahead. and who wouldn't want a job that pays more than $100,000 a year? in today's jobs report cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger shows us the field that's in high demand. reporter: the affordable care act has put healthcare costs in focus as the government, doctors, hospitals and insurance companies try to squeeze more productive out of each step of the process. that's why the field of medical group practice management is expected to grow by 23% by 2022, much faster than the average for other jobs. people in this field are tasked with keeping healthcare offices and hospitals running like well oiled machines. they organize and manage medical information and staff, keep up to date on new laws and regulations to make sure the company complies with them, and manages the finances of the facility or practice. here in the bay area, medical and health services managers

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good morning, everyone. the casualty from the 49ers name a couple of nights ago was reggie bush. he suffered a calf strain currently listed now as week to week. now, until the win over minnesota nothing had gone right for the 49ers since jim tomsula was hired as head coach. right now, for jimmy t, he is off to a great start. but he says the ability of his entire staff to work together is the reason for success. >> no one guy here has all the answers, okay? what we're trying to do is, i mean, we're in the silicon valley. isn't the place where they made the rooms and put beanbags in it and everybody sat around and you brainstorm and talk about stuff? we're -- you know what i mean? i mean, we're trying to use everything we have. >> the giants have gotten desperate for healthy players, haven't they? they trailed 8-6 in the bottom of the 9th 8-7 when posey with

a base hit, here comes duffy and the throw. duffy is safe. giants and reds tied extra innings and downtown goes frasier. todd frazier led off the inning with a blast off sergio romo. and the reds beat the giants 9- 8. i call that a must-win game because at this stage of the season, the giants just can't afford to lose. i'm dennis o'donnell, see you tonight. play of the day, how about some international soccer. hat trick for realma ready star raynaldo. goooooooaaaaal !! >> yeah, on a rebound raynaldo using his head for the third goal of the match, real madrid wins, 8 goals in 2 games. he is a stud. 5:25. still to come, facebook is working on a new feature many

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this morning some evacuees are returning home after the valley fire reduced neighborhoods to ashes. we're live with the latest. >> we have good news, weather wise for the valley fire. but temperatures will go back up to the 100 degrees.

>> chp working on a couple of accidents and the bay bridge starting to load up. details coming right up. good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, september 16. good to have you with us. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. one of the most devastating fires in state history. that's what officials are saying about the valley fire this morning. so far, it's destroyed at least 585 homes. the fire is 30% contained at this hour and more than 2600 firefighters remain on the front lines. >> that fire has burned around 100 square miles. the area you see below there in red. that's the fire scene. kpix 5's anne makovec is live in middletown this morning with more. >> reporter: more people will be allowed to go home with an escort from the sheriff's office. a lot of them have been waiting for that. when they do, they will find

scenes like this. they can only come back for 15 minutes, strictly enforced. several people still unaccounted for this morning as well including this man leonard neft. he last spoke to his family saturday as the fire raged near his home in anderson springs. he told his wife he didn't feel threatened. authorities found his burned- out car last night on a road he might have used for an escape route. he was a former police reporter for the san jose "mercury news." this fire burned 67,000 acres much of it through the town where i am now middletown. 9,000 homes are still threatened this morning. almost 600 homes destroyed. hundreds of others destroyed. 13,000 people remain evacuated today. some were able to return to their properties yesterday. >> the only thing i own now is what's in my truck outside. >> reporter: the people allowed back today will be those who need to check on their pets.

a lot of people had to abandon animals during frantic evacuations. many are lost but many have been saved. >> so these guys are going to -- these guys are survivors of the fire. they would have been euthanized if we weren't able to get up there and get them. >> reporter: hundreds of people have been making this their temporary home, living out of tents and rvs at the napa county fairgrounds in calistoga. they don't know how long they will be there or what they will do next. anne makevoc, kpix 5. we are looking at the area that cal fire pinpointed as ground zero. the fire started on cobb mountain off high valley and bottlerock road on saturday. our crews found caution tape on a hillside between two houses. investigators say they don't know how it started but they are looking at a burned-out

shed next to a two-story home. the house is unscathed but the hillside below is charred leading investigators to believe the fire started in or around that shed. there is a downed pour line but it's hard to tell if that's the cause. investigators are looking for clues around the area. all public schools in lake county are closed. thousands of people affected by the fire need help. the red cross says it needs cash donations. go to redcross.org and designate your gift to the victims of the "valley fire." >> you don't have to donated a lot if you don't have t $10 goes a long way. >> it does. i was so happy though because it's like east bay helping north bay. in danville my running group got together for huge donations and others in pleasant hill big donations as well because people need backpacks a lot of donations coming through but they can't carry them to their homes so they put them in

backpacks just the most simplest things. we have good news as far as firefighting efforts are concerned as far as the weather is concerned for those efforts. we have a bit of an erratic wind southwest up to 30 stronger gusts at times but we have higher humidity, due to cooler temperatures and rain will arrive today. rain should be arriving in the north bay in the mountains before lunch hour. santa rosa at 48 degrees. it's in the mid-50s in napa, 60s across the central bay, 54 in san jose, 60 in livermore going up to a cool day today of 74 degrees there so 60s and 70s but most notably we have rain coming. we'll track that together and tell you how much to expect coming up in 10 minutes. here's gianna. >> watch out for slick surfaces when the rain hits. right now though metering lights are not on at the bay bridge yet but should be turned on any minute.

check out the backup. looks like you're slow beyond the first overpass at this point. approaches to the bay bridge okay but it's stacked up sluggish past the pay gates up the incline clears up heading into s northbound 101 at brokaw that off-ramp is blocked for an accident. we see a line of yellow on your sensors slow speeds under 45 miles per hour so looks like it's starting to back up a bit as you work your way through there. again no lanes are blocked, just brokaw. grant line westbound 580 accident off to the right side but a lot of red conditions there slow-and-go traffic as you work your way out of the altamont pass. 19 minutes headed towards 680 via 580. howard is closed between 3rd and 4th. a lot of delays throughout most of the week because of "dreamforce" in and around the area so expect delays on mission, harrison, as well. parking is tough through there. use bart that's your best bet to get into san francisco later on today and a look at the golden gate bridge.

santa clara county supervisors say they plan to equip jail guards with body cameras. it's in response to the recent death of an inmate at the main jail. murder charges are pending against three correctional deputies accused of breathing him. the board also voted to install more surveillance cameras in the jails and form a commission to examine safety and security procedures. a federal judge has ordered a solo racketeering conspiracy trial for raymond "shrimp boy" chow. the san francisco man was going to be tried 7 co-defendants will be the others pleaded guilty. attorneys for the defendants argument the partial guilty pleas would result in conflicting defense strategies. a not so warm welcome from homeland security director jeh johnson at uc-berkeley last night. [ screaming ] >> why do you continue to violate the fourth amount! >> are you done? >> i'm not done! i'm looking for an answer.

you have not given anyone an answer. [ screaming ] >> in the end, the protestors were escorted out. they claim they were urging director johnson not to support the department's priority enforcement program. republican presidential hopefuls gathering in southern california today for the second debate of the 2016 campaign. donald trump has been bashing former hewlett executive carly fiorina, who has been rising in the polls. so some say trump versus fiorina is the main event. he made disparaging comments about her and she said trump is an entertainer not a leader. retired neurosurgeon ben carson has been surging in the polls for the democrats. carson said he wants to talk about policy and wasn't interested in attacking other candidates. but kpix 5 political analyst melissa griffin-caen said don't expect the same from trump. >> so i think you're going to

see trump go after his demeanor, maybe go after his lack of business experience but i think he is -- carson [ indiscernible ] with his neurological surgical knowledge and expertise. >> expect the rest of the debate to one of washington insiders versus outsiders. the outsiders will be framing their lack of government experience as an asset. after several delays we might finally find out if interest rates are going up. >> let's chat about that. jill wagner of cbsmoneywatch.com joins us live. >> reporter: good morning. this is the most highly anticipated federal reserve meeting in years. it starts today. the fed could decide to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade. they have been near zero since the financial crisis to boost the economy. we'll find out tomorrow when the meeting ends. the stock market rally ahead of the meeting yesterday dow up 229, nasdaq 55 up.

holiday hiring is about to begin. u.p.s. plans to hire 95,000 seasonal workers to deliver holiday packages. u.p.s. is expecting a big increase in volume because more people are shopping online. toys 'r us is bringing on about 40,000 workers for the holidays. that's down from last year. but the company says it's going to be giving current employees the chance to work a lot more hours. >> jill, whole foods sometimes gets the nickname whole paycheck because it's so expensive but we hear there's one item that's going to cost pocket change. >> reporter: this might be the least expensive thing at whole foods. they are selling 12-ounce cups of coffee for 25 cents. that's going to run until the end of the month to get customers into the door and then possibly they will stick around and buy some higher priced items. >> lure them in with coffee? >> then have an $18 salad. >> true but 25 -- >> you have to save the pocket change. i can't remember the last time i paid for anything with a

quarter. >> no kidding. >> good point. >> cup of coffee for a quarter. >> there you go. jill wagner of cbsmoneywatch.com, thank you. popular place in wine country, the train has been sold. last month a group of black women filed a discrimination lawsuit against the napa wine train. they were kicked off the train after they were laughing too loudly. it is 5:40 right now. apple's ceo tim cook joins stephen colbert on the late show. what he is saying about his involvement in social issues. >> and let's take a live look at highway 880 on this wednesday morning. the commute running along right now at 5:40. gianna has you covered there and your forecast is coming up and your forecast is coming up with a little rain coming ,,,,,,

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syria i love this view this morning. it's a bird's-eye view from sutro tower looking out towards the fair city of san francisco and we are looking at its increasing cloud cover. these clouds will produce widespread light rain showers today. we'll track that rain together and tell you how much to expect in less than four minutes. thank you. some new numbers this morning on the "butte fire." the fire has destroyed 233 homes 175 outbuildings. it's now grown to over 71,000 acres. the good news is, all evacuations for amador county are visited. crews are making progress and the fire is 40% contained. evacuations in calaveras county still in place this morning. new video this morning. hopeful cuban migrants made it safely to shore to miami beach.

tears and hugs as this group of 12 people came ashore on a homemade sailboat. a puppy even survived the journey. there he is. the group says they ran out of food and survived very bad weather for six days. border patrol vans took them in for processing. cuban migrants who are smuggled in without visa are allowed to stay. out of town techies are taking over in parts of san francisco this week. >> they are everywhere. kpix 5's mike sugerman looks at the "dreamforce" convention. reporter: who says there's no such thing as a free lunch? >> what's for lunch? chicken. >> reporter: how much? >> free if you're registered. >> reporter: that's a lot of chicken if all 160,000 people here decide to eat it. some may have to. >> you can lose weight really fast. food is expensive. >> reporter: people from anywhere else and there are 78 countries represented here are having trouble with our prices. >> very expensive. >> reporter: yeah. >> even more so than chicago. like those grand slams at denny's was $12. back home is 7.

>> burgers too expensive. $12, $13 for a burger. >> reporter: that's not the case the miami? >> no. >> we stayed at the marriott on sunday night 239. next day up over $500, $600 when "dreamforce" started. >> reporter: how much are you going to drop, what do you think? >> couple grand. >> reporter: not for those in their salad days. the city takes in an estimated $200 million during "dreamforce," one $12 hamburger at a time. mike sugerman, kpix 5. ready for basketball? hope so. warriors fans insiders will be able to purchase single game tickets for the upcoming season and a final presale set that starts at 10 a.m. the general public will then have a chance to buy tickets cheer on the team a few hours later starting at 2 p.m.

warriors have released video showing the animated view of of their proposed arena. it would be of course in san francisco on a plot of land in the mission. the proposal includes a. the team plans to fund the billion dollars project privately. still working on getting approval to build. i think [ indiscernible ] >> 2018. >> seems like the parade was yesterday. >> of course you were what, 9.5 months pregnant at that point, right? >> yes. i went home that day. >> a lot has changed. >> october 27th, that's our first regular season game. looking forward to that. >> go warriors. >> how are the roads? not bad. the bay bridge is always the troublesome part of your morning commute as you work your way through there. backed up metering lights are on. slow-and-go off the maze right now. so it is busy eastshore freeway still holding steady 19 minutes carquinez bridge to the maze on that westbound side so at least that's still bearable for this

part of the morning commute but again the bay bridge backed up slow up the incline, as well. we have been dealing with this accident all morning long westbound 580 at grant line. you can see all this yellow and red on our sensors indicating speeds dipping under 45, 25 miles per hour depending. busy through the altamont pass. eases up at 680 then a few brake lights at the dublin interchange. hopping on 680 though itself not too bad right now. bart is a good choice this morning. no chase in right now golden gate ferries are good. caltrain and ace. howard is close between 3rd and 4th for "dreamforce" with gridlock in the area. golden gate bridge no delays out of marin county. lots of company northbound. speeds moving okay from 238 to

the maze. here's roberta with the forecast. it's 5:47 and i'm so excited! i am! i get to fire up my live hi-def doppler radar. we have precipitation offshore, locally nothing yet. but upstream again precipitation brings light rain beginning around 11 a.m. this morning in the north bay. temperatures have cooled. 48 degrees in santa rosa to 58 degrees in concord and in san francisco. it is 60 apiece in oakland and also in the east bay in livermore. all right. this is how much rain we can expect today. the north bay is the targeted area up to .75" of rain in the mountains. otherwise a tenth to quarter inch north of the golden gate bridge. to the south about .10" of rain and sunny and warmer beginning thursday through the weekend. this is beautiful. it's an area of low pressure. it's tapping into a cold front. it's making a direct aim on the northern portion of our bay

area where we need the precipitation for those firefighting efforts for the valley fire. as this area of low pressure is on its way has some cooler air mass associated with it, so some higher relative humidity is all certainly good news for the firefighters. all right. when to expect the rain? this is futurecast. you see easily before the lunch hour in the north bay, then as it goes across the golden gate bridge, it dissipates. it starts to fall apart so only about .03" of rain across the santa clara valley nothing but high pressure building in from thursday through the weekend. we are tallying our numbers up like this. quarter inch in napa, .03" san jose, .05" east, nearly a tenth around the coastline. 73 in sacramento today, sun-up at 6:51. 60s and 70s. extended forecast, not good news. nearly 100 degrees again inland by sunday.

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by switching to progressive. that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said, "that was me, mom." [ laughter ] interesting doings in the weather world today. 5:54. take a look at your tv screen, good morning, everyone. this is when you can expect rain in your neighborhood before lunch hour in the north bay. central bay towards the evening commute. bay area rain will be less than .10". we'll talk pour about this rain event coming up -- we'll talk pour about this rain event coming up. chp reporting an accident up to maybe 8 vehicles involved in this wreck along westbound 5 around loveridge road. we'll have more details coming up in just a few minutes. more people are dying from marijuana-related traffic accidents in colorado.

94 people died last year in crashes where a driver tested positive for marijuana. that's nearly a 50% increase compared to 2011. recreational marijuana use was legalized in the state of california in 2012. the study found an increase in marijuana-related hospitalizations and calls to poison control. 5:55. a horrific scene in houston as a school bus toppled from a highway overpass killing two students yesterday morning. another driver swerved to avoid another car, struck the bus sending it careening over the overpass and 20 feet to the street below. 2 other students and the driver are in the hospital. an incident outside levi's stadium is being investigated by police. in cell phone video shot after the 49ers game monday night, you can see a lone security guard trying to stop a fight between 49ers fans and a man wearing a minnesota vikings jersey.

the team said, "unacceptable behavior like this will not be tolerated." santa clara police are working to identify the attackers. l.a. county reporting its first deadly case of the west nile virus this year. the victim's family in shock of how he died. three weeks ago they say the 75- year-old grandfather had what seemed like the flu and days later he was in the hospital in a coma then he died. the man's family is sharing his story to warn others about west nile virus. it's commonly spread by mosquitos. it is 5:56 on this wednesday. a growing number of americans are making it a point to buy meat without antibiotics and now they may have a new tool to help. >> reporter: more people will get a chance to check on their property today in middletown. they are going to find scenes of devastation. coming up, the latest on the valley fire. ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,

good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, september 16. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. people returning home but not to the houses they left behind in the "valley fire." >> oh, no, bill's house is gone. son of a gun. >> it is called one of the most devastating fires in state history. the fire destroyed at least 585 homes, some of the thousands of the evacuated people when the fire broke out are being allowed home now to see what is left. fire has burned close to 100 square miles. the area you see in red there. kpix 5's anne makovec is live